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CONSTITUTION ANJ) -BY-LAWS 



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A LIST OF THE OFFICEES AND MEMBERS. 



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BUFFALO: 

FRANKLIN STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 

THOMAS — TYPOGRAPITER. 
1863. 



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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



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INCORPORATED JANUARY, 1863. 



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A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. 




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BUFFALO: 

FRANKLIN STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 

THOMAS — TYPOGRAPHER. 
1863. 



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MILLARD FILLMORE, President. 

LEWIS F. ALLEN, Vice President 

CHAS. D. NORTON, Recording Secretary. 

GUY H. SALISBURY, Corr. Secretary and Librarian. 

OLIVER G. STEELE, Treasurer. 



Councillors. 



GEO. R. BABCOCK, 
WM. DORSHEIMER, 
Rev. WM. SHELTON, 
Rev. WALTER CLARKE, 



ORSAMUS H. MARSHALL, 
HENRY W. ROGERS, 
NATHAN K. HALL, 
GEO. W. CLINTON, 



Rev. G. W. HOSMER. 



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CONSTITUTION 



1. This Society shall be called "The Buffalo Historical 
Society." 

2. The general object of the Society shall be to discover, pro- 
cure and preserve whatever may relate to the history of Western 
New York in general, and the city of Buffalo in particular, and 
to gather statistics of the commerce, manufactures, and business of 
the lake region, and those portions of the West that are inti- 
mately connected with the business of Buffalo. 

3. The Society shall consist of resident, honorary and corres- 
ponding members, who shall be elected by a majority of ballots. 
Eesident members shall consist of persons residing in the city of 
Buffalo or County of Erie ; corresponding and honorary members 
of persons residing elsewhere. 

4. The ofl&cers of the Society shall consist of a President, a 
Vice President, a Eecording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary 
and Librarian, a Treasurer, and nine Councillors, who shall be 
elected annually, on the second Tuesday of January in each year, 
by a majority of ballots, and who shall constitute the Board of 
Managers of the Society. , 

The officers named in the certificate of incorporation of the 
Society, shall hold their of&ces until the second Tuesday of Jan- 
uary in the year 1864. 



4 CONSTITUTION. 

5. None but resident members shall be eligible to office or 
qualified to vote. 

6. Kesident members shall pay on admission the sum of five 
dollars, and the further annual sum of five dollars in annual 
payments, on or before the first day of Jul}^ in each year. 

7. The payment of the sum of fifty dollars, in one payment, 
shall constitute a life member, and exempt him from all annual 
dues. 

8. The Society shall meet monthly, on the second Tuesday in 
every month. The President, or, in his absence, the Vice Pres- 
ident, or either of the Secretaries, may direct the call of a special 
meeting in such manner as the By-Laws shall provide. 

9. Those members who shall attend at any meeting of the So- 
ciety, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

10. All oflicers shall continue in office until their successors 
are elected or appointed. Their duties, wdien not herein defined, 
may be prescribed by the By-Laws. All vacancies in office may 
be filled for the unexpired term at any regular meeting of the 
Society. 

11. This Constitution may be amended from time to time by a 
majority vote of the members present at a regular meeting, pro- 
vided notice of the proposed amendments be given at least one 
month previous to a final vote thereon. 



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BY-LAWS. 



1. The meetings of this Society shall be held at the rooms of 
the Society, or at such other place as the President may appoint, 
and at such hour as shall be designated by the Secretary in the 
notice of the meeting. 

2. The Recording or Corresponding Secretary shall give notice 
of each regular meeting, by previous publication of the same in 
a daily city paper, or by sending notices to the resident members 
through the post-office, or by delivering the same to them pev- 
sonally, or by leaving them at their respective residences or 
usual places of business. 

3. Any meeting may be adjourned to such time as a majority 
of the members present shall determine. 

4. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the So- 
ciety, regulate its proceedings, preserve order and decorum, and 
have a casting vote. He shall be Chairman of the Board of 
Managers. 

5. The Vice President shall discharge all the duties of the 
President in case of his absence. 

6. The Recording Secretary shall have the custody of the 
Constitution, By-Laws, records and papers of the Society. He shall 



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give due notice of all its meetings, and keep a record of the 
same. He shall be Secretary of the Board of Managers, and 
keep a record of its proceedings. 

7. The Corresponding Secretary shall have the custody of all 
letters and communications of the Society. He shall read to the 
Society all communications received by him as such Secretary. 
He shall, under the direction of the Society, prepare all commu- 
nications to be addressed to others in the name of the Society, 
and keep true copies of the same. 

8. The Librarian, under the direction of the Board of Man- 
agers, shall have the custody of the library and cabinet, including 
all manuscripts, papers, documents, coins and maps, and shall 
provide cases suitable for their preservation, and for convenient 
reference and inspection. He shall keep a record of all donations, 
and report the same from time to time to the Societ}'. 

9. The Treasurer shall receive and keep all sums of money 
due and payable to the Society, including all donations, bequests 
and other property. He shall keep said funds deposited in some 
safe institution, to be approved by the Board of Managers, and 
shall pay all such sums as the Board of Managers shall direct, on 
the written order or warrant of the President. He shall keep a 
true account of his receipts and disbursements, and render an 
annual statement thereof, and oftener if called upon by the 
Society. He may be required to give security for the faithful 
discharge of his duties in such sum and form as the Board of 
Managers shall direct 

10. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers to control 
and manage the affairs and funds of the Society. They shall 
make an annual report to the Society of its acquisitions and 
transactions for the preceding year. 

11. All books, maps, manuscripts, and other articles belonging 
to the Society, shall be plainly marked with the name of the 
Society, and numbered, and entered in a catalogue arranged for 
convenient reference. 



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12. No books, maps, charts, manuscripts, or copies thereof, or 
any other article belonging to the library or cabinet, shall be 
taken therefrom without the written permission of a majority of 
the Board of Managers. 

13. Any of these By-Laws may be suspended in case of a tem- 
porary exigency, by the unanimous vote of a meeting duly 
organized. They may be amended from time to time by a ma- 
jority vote of the members present at a regular meetmg, provided 
notice of the proposed amendment be given at least one month 
previous to a final vote thereon. 

14. Any member of this Society may be expelled by the 
aflEirmative vote of two-thirds of all the resident members present 
at a regular meeting, but no such vote shall be taken unless notice 
of the motion to expel shall have been given at a meeting held 
at least one month previous thereto. 

15. On the second Tuesday of January in each year, there 
shall be an address delivered before the Society by some person 
to be appointed by the Board of Managers. 

16. At the regular meetings of the Society, the following shall 
be the order of business : 

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reports and communications from the oflEicers of this Society. 

3. Reports from Committees. 

4. Election of members. 

5. Miscellaneous business. 

6. Papers read and addresses delivered. 



|lcsi(tent Pcmber^s» 



Allen, Lewis F. 
Allen, Orlando 
Austin. Stephen G. 
Babcock, Geo. R. 
Beals, Edward P. 
Bird, Wm. A. 
Blossom, Thos. 
Bowen, Dennis 
Brayley, James 
Breed. F. W. 
Brennan, B. Hazlitt 
Brown, Geo. V. 
Bryan, Geo. J. 
Bryant, Warren 
Bull, Absalom 
Bullymore Richard 
Burwell, Geo. N. 
Bush, Myron P. 
Caryl, B. Clark 
Chester, A. T. 
Clapp, Almon M. 
Clark. John W. 
Clarke, Walter 
Clinton, Geo. W. 
Coit, Geo., Jr. 
Cornwell, Francis E. 
Dart, Joseph, 
Daw, Henry 
Deshler. John G. 
Dobbins, David P. 
Dorr, Eben P. 
Dorsheiraer, Philip 
Dorsheimer, Wni. 
Efner, Elijah D. 
Emslie, Peter 
Evans, Chas. Vr. 
Fargo, AVni. G. 
Fillmore, Millard 
Fillmore, Millard P. 
Fish, Silas II. 
Fitch, Aug. B. 
Francis, Julius E. 
Ganson, John 
Ganson, Jno. S. 
Gardner, Jno. N. 

•Deceased. 



Glenny, Wm. H. 
Granger, Warren 
Gray, David 
Greene, Wm. H. 
Grosvenor. Seth H. 
Guthrie. S. S. 
Hall, Nathan K. 
Hall, Wm., Jr., 
Harvey, Alexander W. 
Hawley, Elias S. 
Bkiwley, Merwin S. 
Hayes, Geo. E. 
Hazard, Edward E. 
Hazard, Geo. S. 
Heacock, Grosvenor W. 
Heywood, R. H. 
Hibbard, Geo. B. 
Hodge, Benj. 
Hollister, Robert 
Hosmer, Geo. W. 
Howard, Ethan H. 
Howard, Rufus L. 
Hoyt, J as. G. 
Hudson, John T. 
Jewett, Elam R. 
Jewott, Sherman S. 
Joy, Walter 
Ketchum, Jesse 
Ketchum, Wm. 
Kimberly, John L. 
Lacy, John T. 
Marshall, Orsamus H. 
Martin, Henry 
Miller, Wm. F. 
Morse, David R. 
Nichols, Asher P. 
Norton, Chas. D. 
Parker, Jason 
Peck, Wm. B. 
Porter, Peter A. 
Pratt, Pascal P. 
Pratt, Samuel F. 
Prince, Geo. A. 
Prosser, Erastus S. 
Rich, Edward S. 



Rochester, Thos. F. 
Rogers, Henry W. 
Rogers, Sherman S. 
Root, Francis H. 
Rumsey, Aaron 
Rumsey, Bronson C. 
Salisbury. Guy H. 
*Sawin, Silas 
Sellstedt, Laurentius G. 
Seymour, Erastus B. 
Se.xton, Jason 
Shclton, Wm. 
Shepard, Sidney 
Shepard, John D. 
Sherman, Richard J. 
Sherwood, Wm. C. 
Shumway, Horatio 
Sibley, John C. 
Skinner, John B. 
Smith, Jas. Murdock 
Spaulding, Elbridgc G. 
Sprague, E. Carlton 
wSprague, Noah P. 
Steele, Oliver G. 
Stevenson, Edward L. 
Strong, John C. 
Taylor, Martin 
Thomas, Calvin F. S. 
Thompson, A. Porter 
* Warren, Edward S. 
Warren, Joseph 
Watson, Stephen V. R. 
Welch, Thos. C. 
Wells, Chandler J. 
Wells, Richard II. 
Wells, Wm. 
Wheeler, Rufus 
White, Jas. P. 
Wilkeson, John 
WilUeson, Wm. 
Williams, Gilxson T. 
AVilgus, Nathaniel 
"Woodruff, Lauren C. 
Worthington, Samuel K. 
Young, Chas. E. 



C^orrcsjiottdittig Pembep/ 



Babcock, Marcus L. . . . Batavia, N. Y. 
Barry, Rev. William, .... Chicago, El- 
Barry, Gen. Wm. F. . Washi7igton, D. C. 

Beers, Seth P Litchfield, Conn. 

Clark, Joshua V. R. . . . Manlius, N. Y. 

Doty, Lockwood L Albany, N. Y. 

Draper, Lymau C Madison, Wis. 

Durrie, Daniel -S " " 

Evans, Ellicott, Clinton, N. Y. 

Foote, Elias T. . . . New Haven, Conn. 
Goodman, A. T., Sen. . . . Cleveland, 0. 
Huidekoper, Alfi'ed, . . . Meadville, Pa. 
Huntington, Edward, . . . Borne, N. Y. 

Irvine, Wm. A Irvine, Pa. 

James, Jno. H Urhana, 0. 

Jarvis, Edward, .... Dorchester, Mass. 
Kennedy, Jos. C. G. . Washington, D. C. 
Kite, Nathan Philadelphia. Pa. 

* Those only who hare indicated an acceptance of membership, by letter or donations, are 
included in this list. 



McMasters, Guy H Bath, N. Y. 

Merritt, Jediah P. . St. Catharines, C. W. 
Moulton, Joseph W. Roslyn, L. I., N. Y. 

O'Callaghan, E. B Albany, N. Y. 

Parkman, Francis, Boston, Mass. 

Porter, Augustus S. . Mag. Falls, N. Y. 

Sims, Jeptha, Fort Plain, N. Y. 

Smith, Junius A Batavia, N. Y. 

Storrs, Gen. Lucius, .... Homer, N, Y. 

Street, Alfred B Albany, N. Y. 

Strong, Nathaniel T. . . . Irving, N. Y. 
Vinton, Rev. John A. So. Boston, Mass. 
Wells, Henry, Aurora, Cayuga Co. N. Y. 

Wendell, Geo Mackinac, 3Iich. 

Willis, William, Portland, Me. 

Woodruff, Maj. Israel C. Washington, B.C. 
Wright, Rev. Asher P. . Versailles, N. Y. 



onorarg Pembers. 



Cass, Lewis, . . Detroit, Mich, l Hall, William, Sen. . Cleveland, 0. 
Dix, Gen. John A. . . New York. \ Wool, Gen. John E. . Troy, N. Y 




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